A tidy little metallic gold frame adds a dash of colour to this rather monochrome collection, althou

A tidy little metallic gold frame adds a dash of colour to this rather monochrome collection, although the fellow on the left is doing remarkably well to brighten things somewhat with his extremely flashy patterned waistcoat! The high collars and knot of the large neckties mark this out as earlier than many of the Victorian portraits we see surviving to this day, as well as adding that flamboyant dandyish look to the pair.